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China food safety

China food safety
A crisis in confidence in China's food industry emerged after melamine was found in domestically produced baby formula in 2008. The scandal sickened 300,000 babies and resulted in six premature deaths. Other stories of fake eggs, diseased pork, recycled oil, mislabelled meat and more have only led to more calls for industry reform.
A supplier had provided lunchboxes to Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School. Photo: Google Maps
Hong Kong society

39 pupils and staff fall ill after eating school lunches in Sha Tin

Authorities are investigating a suspected outbreak of food poisoning at Baptist (Sha Tin Wai) Lui Ming Choi Primary School.

Walmart

After Beijing’s food-safety warning, will Sam’s Club slow its expansion?

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Food delivery apps

China proposes ban on ‘irrational’ food-delivery subsidies to end price wars

Regulation

Video | Sam’s Club executives summoned over food safety in China

Members-only food chain has faced complaints in China about rats and maggots found in its products.

General view of Sam’s Club in Shenzhen. State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) summoned the representatives of Sam’s Club for an "accountability interview" in response to “frequent food safety issues”. 15JUN26 SCMP/ Sam Tsang
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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong market sample tests positive for H9 bird flu after boy infected

Boy contracts mild strain of virus and Centre for Health Protection says risk of serious outbreak is low.

China consumption

China summons executives of Walmart-owned Sam’s Club over ‘food-safety issues’

Members-only supermarket chain urged to ‘strictly fulfil’ its corporate responsibilities.

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E-commerce

Hidden office, fractured bone: violent clashes in China’s food safety crackdown

Details of secrecy, obstruction and violence emerge from a probe into 67,000 ‘ghost’ bakeries across China’s biggest e-commerce platforms.

Regulators have imposed the heaviest fine of 1.51 billion yuan on PDD and suspended it from adding new bakery merchants for nine months. Photo: Reuters
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China food scandals: factories use smelly insoles, bleached chicken feet for snacks

Foul-smelling production facility with sewage deposits on floor, harmful use of hydrogen peroxide spark official investigation.

Trending in China

China café sells coffee made with eggs brewed in child urine; considered a delicacy

Maker of bizarre caffeine brew says it prevents sleepiness in spring and heatstroke in summer; experts say it is toxic and of no benefit at all.

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China woman films dog eating from plate at eatery; shop vows to sue after closure

Owner of ‘awesome’ canine praises animal for emptying dish of mutton rolls; online observers accuse pet-loving diners of a lack of ‘discipline’.

A woman filmed her dog eating raw mutton from a plate at a popular Beijing hotpot restaurant, prompting the eatery to close for three days for sterilisation. Photo: Shutterstock/RedNote
China-Latin America relations

China halts soy imports from Brazil plants, pivots to US amid food safety probe

China’s ban follows detection of pesticide-treated wheat in soy cargo as Beijing ramps up US farm purchases after trade talks.

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A customs officer checks soybeans imported from Brazil at a wharf in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. China has halted some soybean imports from Brazil due to contamination issues. Photo: Getty Images
China-Japan relations

Japan-China row worsens as Beijing threatens more reprisals

China’s new pressure on Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments about Taiwan makes it hard to see when bilateral relations will stabilise again.

China-Japan relations

Beijing warns Tokyo of ‘further action’ if Takaichi doesn’t budge on Taiwan stand

China has reportedly reimposed an import ban on Japanese seafood just weeks after lifting it.

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Trending in China

China youth share frugality hacks online, say bread worms are cheap, protein-rich

Online ‘thrifty association’ shares cash-saving tips from freezing beaten eggs to cold showers, sleeping on floor to cut air-con bills.

Young adults in China are sharing frugality hacks online, including the eating of bread worms as a low-cost, protein-rich food. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote
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Outrage in China as reports surface of human teeth found in sausages, dim sum

Multiple incidents have led to speculation that factory workers may have inadvertently lost their artificial teeth during production.

Food safety issues have resurfaced in China following alarming reports from Jilin and Guangdong provinces, where consumers found foreign objects resembling teeth in sausages and dim sum. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
China consumption

China’s struggling restaurants feeling queasy as debate rages over pre-made food

China’s National Day holiday, traditionally a busy time for restaurants, could see underperformance amid wave of online comments over food quality.

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China teens fined US$308,000 over hotpot pee video that led to 4,000 diner refunds

Drunken teenage duo’s disgusting ‘prank’ causes popular restaurant chain to throw out all its tableware, disinfect entire premises.

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China worker scoops oil from rubbish bin; eatery claims it’s for sale, not cooking

Lowly-paid woman staffer says her actions were ‘personal’ and she wanted to sell it for recycling; angry online observers express scepticism.

A restaurant in China has been accused of cooking with used oil, but the eatery claims it was simply being sold as waste. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

China trio hit by bacterial infection after eating ‘nutritious’ sheep placenta

Traditional belief that afterbirth can cure range of ailments, address infertility should be ‘ditched’, say online observers.

China society

Opinion | Entrepreneur scandals reveal the limits of nationalism as a brand

Chinese don’t need their country’s business leaders to be icons of morality and national pride. But they would like some accountability.

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China trade

China toughens import rules on Vietnamese durians after detecting health risks

Vietnam competes with Thailand as the top exporter of the fruit to China – but tighter customs inspections are slowing exports, analysts say.

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Visitors view durian products from Vietnam at the 21st China-Asean Expo in Nanning, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, September 28, 2024. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong suspends imports of Japanese Kochi ice cream product over bacteria

Black tea-flavoured ice cream found to contain 140 coliform bacteria per gram, well above threshold of 100.

The ice cream had already entered the local market before the warning. Photo: SCMP
Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese lead poisoning scandal raises fresh questions over local governance

The authorities in Gansu have said that 10 officials are under investigation for their alleged role in covering up the case.

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China society

Opinion | Lead poisoning scandal in China shows tendency to cover up is still strong

Suppression of information in such cases is part of a familiar pattern of local government response.

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China’s Communist Party

China widens kindergarten lead poisoning probe as central government weighs in

The scandal shocked the nation after more than 200 children in Gansu province were found to have abnormally high blood lead levels.

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Police are investigating whether paint was added to food. Photo: Handout
China society

8 detained in China after high lead levels detected in kindergarten children

Of 251 children at kindergarten, 233 were found to have abnormal blood lead levels, according to Tianshui investigation.

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More than 200 children at Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji district, Tianshui city, in Gansu province, were found to have elevated lead levels, according to investigators. Photo: handout
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Time ripe for Hong Kong to gradually lift ban on Japanese seafood

There have been no major food scares and the monitoring of the water released from the Fukushima plant has found no cause for concern.

Science

Major rice producers have worst heavy metal pollution, Chinese scientists warn

India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and other diseases.

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